3D interaction technique to enhance telemanipulation tasks using virtual environment

Abstract— This paper gives preliminary results about the utilization of an interaction technique called FOLLOW-ME to fasten the selection task for teleoperation system. The implementation of an interaction between a user and a Virtual Environment (VE) in Virtual Reality (VR) may use various techniques. However, in the case of teleoperation, the interaction must be very precise and comfortable for the user. The model associated to the FOLLOWME technique splits the Virtual Environment into three zones in which a specific interaction model is used: a free manipulation zone, a scaled manipulation zone and a precise manipulation zone. Each one of the three zones is characterized by a specific interaction granularity. In the precise manipulation zone, we use the concept of virtual guides in order to assist the user to achieve his task. In this paper, our aim is to show that the FOLLOW-ME technique is well suited for selection in teleoperation tasks. To do this, we have first compared th...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: IROS
• Authors: Nassima Ouramdane-Djerrah, Frédéric Davesne, Samir Otmane, Malik Mallem
• Keywords: IROS 2006, Manipulation Zone, Precise Manipulation Zone, Robotics, Virtual Environment